I'm very happy to announce that Programming Ruby 3.2, the fifth edition of the Pickaxe Book, is now available in beta at It covers Ruby up to and including the not-yet-released Ruby 3.2. A thread of information about the book:. /1

For some mysterious reason, the #pickaxe book, Programming Ruby 3.3, is on sale at Amazon for about 20% off -- No idea how long this will last….

RT @inazarova: Join Noel Rappin, Vova Dementyev, Brandon Weaver, and the friendly group of Rubyists next Thursday (10/10) at @Chime at SF….

Quick reminder that I'll be at the SF Bay Area Ruby Meetup next Thursday (10/10) at Chime HQ, along with.@keystonelemur and Vladimir Dementyev of.@evilmartians. I'd love to see you there!.

I didn't realize this was out, but I'm on episode 441 of @_bikeshed ( talking about the Pickaxe book, static typing blog posts, book covers, and more….

RT @avdi: Hey folks! I've been making videos for programmers for 12 years, but through a combo of "being a marketing dumbass" and focusing….

RT @inazarova: The next SF #Ruby meetup is on October 11 at @Chime HQ and featuring the rockstar speakers 💫: @noelrap (Chime), @palkan_tula….

RT @_maintainable: Tune in to this week's episode to hear @RobbyRussell & @noelrap discuss:.⛏️ Updating the iconic "Pickaxe" book, Programm….

RT @palkan_tula: Looking forward to this series continuation!. P.S. “The cost of static typing “ section is a must-read.

New blog post / newsletter -- the one about static typing that I've been fighting with: .

RT @avdi: Speaking as someone with some personal experience, you can also just. accept your kids and treat them as human beings and (shoc….

RT @GracefulDotDev: Ruby is endless… and since v3, so are its methods! In this third installment of @noelrap’s series on modern Ruby featur….

RT @pragprog: Brand New in Beta: Rails Scales!.Rails doesn’t scale, say the naysayers. They’re wrong. Ruby on Rails runs some of the bigge….

RT @avdi: 🎂 "So what's your birthday sale this year, Avdi?" . I'm so glad you asked! This year I'm teaming up with @ChrisFerdinandi to deli….

If you like or want more static typing in #ruby, what do you consider the strongest arguments in favor of it:. * Better editor tooling.* Pre-execution code validation.* Runtime data validation.* Possible performance improvements.* Communication. Something else?.

RT @MadisonRuby: 🌟 Thank you @Chime for being a Madison+ Ruby sponsor! Chime believes in putting members first and helping them achieve the….

We had a great meetup in the Chime Chicago offices last night for @MadisonRuby and @rubyconf!. Thanks to @jremsikjr for organizing, @i_ribon9 for presenting, and the entire Chime facilities staff for making it happen!

RT @bsilva96: Someone in our Ruby on Rails Chile Discord asked where we get our good practices or design patterns in Rails from? Books, art….

This will feature a talk from @i_ribon9! Hope to see you there. .

Well, I didn't ride the Rails, but I am in Detroit for this meetup tonight!.

RT @noelrap: People who might be in Chicago on June 25th. Chime is hosting a meetup organized by @MadisonRuby and @rubyconf -- come hear so….